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Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2’s “Cracked Mirror” episode almost showed a universe where the Borg defeated Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and the USS Voyager, according to co-executive producer Aaron J. Waltke.Star Trek: Prodigyseason saw the young Starfleet hopefuls of the USS Protostar work with Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) to save everyStar Trektimeline, including the Mirror Universe.The Protostar kids and Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran) also visited the Mirror Universe, coming face-to-face with Mirror Janeway and Mirror Chakotay.
In an exclusive interview withScreen Rantabout the Star Trek deep lore inStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2,Aaron J. Waltkerevealed that one of the ideas left out ofStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2, episode 14, “Cracked Mirror,” was an alternate reality where the Borg assimilated Captain Janeway and the USS Voyager.Star Trek: Prodigy’s young heroes would have been forced to team with the Mirror Janeway against the Borg.Read Aaron’s quote below:
On the cutting room floor, I think we also had like maybe one more level on that “Cracked Mirror” episode. That was an episode where the Borg won because that felt like a fun Janeway thing. And I think we saw a little bit of that universe in “Parallels” with the famous Riker thing, where he’s commanding the damaged Enterprise when they have all these Enterprises coming from different universes. And he’s like, ‘I’m not going back. I can’t go back.’ And then he explodes. I think that’s haunted Trekkies' dreams for so long that we wanted to see, ‘Well, what would Janeway be doing in that universe?’ And in that universe, they had all been assimilated, and Voyager had become like a Borg ship. And so they had to get through that universe to alongside the Mirror Janeway to try to undo this mess. But you know, if it was a 44 minute episode, oh, the tales we could have woven.
3 Star Trek: Voyager Characters In The Mirror Universe
Star Trek has introduced Mirror Universe variants of some beloved Voyager characters, proving that the Terran Empire is back up and running after DS9.
Star Trek: Prodigy Finally Showed Voyager’s Mirror Universe
Voyager picked up where Star Trek: Deep Space Nine left off
One of the many fun aspects ofStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2 is its unexpected foray intoStar Trek: Voyager’s version of the Mirror UniverseinStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2, episode 14, “Cracked Mirror”. Captain Chakotay, Dal R’El (Brett Gray), Gwyndala (Ella Purnell), and the USS Protostar crew find themselves aboard the ISS Voyager-A commanded by the evil Mirror Admiral Janeway. “Cracked Mirror” is also notable because it’s now thefurthest known point of the Mirror Universe seen inStar Trekcanon.
The Mirror Universe’s appearances inStar Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery, andStar Trek: The Original Seriestake place in the 22nd and 23rd centuries.
The 24th-century Mirror Universe was last seen inStar Trek: Deep Space Nineseason 7, when the Terran rebels defeated the oppressive Klingon-Cardassian Alliance.Star Trek: Prodigyshows that the resurgentTerran Empire embraced their old waysof intergalactic conquest, and launched a new Terran Armada, including the ISS Voyager-A.It’s too badStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2 couldn’t squeeze in Mirror Admiral Janeway teaming up with the USS Protostar crew to fight the Borg, but maybe it can happen if Netflix greenlightsStar Trek: Prodigyseason 3.
